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LITEU ATURE. OastRVATIO)rg Ott CLraICAL FUNDS: a LEITER addressed to the Right Pay. the Lord Bishop of CtiESTXR. By the Rev. NV. H. HALT, hiq LOrdship'a -Chaplain, and. Preacher at the Charter-House. --Pp. We have satisfaction in calling the notice of all our readers who are interested in the welfare of our c hurch-estahliShnient, but especially our clerical' readers, to able the very and interesting pamphlet just n amed. 'lt - is universally known and deplored, that by far thelarger majority of the labouring parochial . clergy are; but , very inadequately provided-for, and the provision they--have is so Small, that instances too frequently occur of their' leaving their Widows and orphans in a state .of :destitution, or ,the pen sioners of casual: charity.. -A plan is. here, propos ed, by Which,-upon peculiarly advantageous terms, by moderate annual payments, annuities' may be secured to the widows 'of the poorer clergy,. The creation of -; T :tich a 1110 had been talked of as to be ;effected by wrepii!,ory enactment hut objections having occur ed 4.0 i it:liperal - Yle.kind, the Plea of a voluntaiy as !!kiviatio.o. the clergyibr the purpose is here re t.,)-tronenth!,J, sanction, and a scheme ejthiti;u;!d, -• ! the most approved_ calcula , tons, witif!..„ ~ t ot., will meet with the attentive, it so eminently . deserves i a s . evectillly by the !,: brethren church, be in the th e t0 , ;' , 0; , ~‘ utost useful and meritorious Tnost harassing sources subjected, and thus tend, y,. ; , 1 , I.{ to the efiLiency and re. ;, Ity Mrs. A. C. flan.. , , ..J • narrative, describing ',! ;;;!,, -!, t through life between two : . —1 the consequent effect of . nUelt contrast, Abe children of the ; one party' have had alitrictly virtuous education,- , --those of the other have been neglected ; front' the eldest sonand heir, of which, young Edward Lofty, the Tile derives its name. The moral to be drawn from " Obstinacy" is one highly creditable to the feelings . and intellect of the fair authoress, and Must forcibly come home to the hearts of her young readers (for whoSe use, we 'per ceive, the book is written) t :„the„ .language, and sen timents axe equally ineritorions, and :will, no doubt; be duly appreciated by the public. SCIENCE. The importance of simultaneous observations, at distant stations, towards the determination of various interesting 'data, willbe well known to our meteoro logical readers ; not less so the mportance of finding the mean ,pressure and temperattire ;' for, 24 hours. This diAm can only be satisfactOrily found by a, ,scries of observations made hourly, or even at shorter inter vals, through an entire, period of 24 hours. With the of Obtaining' and collecting results of this nature, much has of late, been. done ; by the Royal Society of Edinburgh ; and a highly interesting paper, .by Dr. &miter, has 'lately been read before that body on the Subject. In furtherinte Of these 'objects, printed no tices have been circulated by the Society, ,requesting that a series of observations on the , barometer, thenno-; meter (inshade), taintauge, .84c. should be made in' various parts of the,kingdom, on Monday thel7th Stay, at every hour; front 1 A.11i..t0 12 P.M. Any of our readers, who are in possession of a good barometer and thermometer, will be contributing. to the advance of science by making such nioarv4tions, and corium. l nicating them to the Secrettitt Dr. islyinkster,' burgh. The ;number 01' obserVations collected frcAn distant places is an essential object. The place should be specified, the nature of the situation, state of wind and weather; and height above the level of the sea; it known. PRIVILEGES OF FREEIgEN OF LONDON The Lord Mayor and Aldermen have; by - the Mouth of the Recorder; delivered 'into the Vice-Chancellor' Court the answer to the questions proposed in the Conti of Aldermen, and discussed before - the Court by Mil Shadwell and: Mi. Set:leant Spankie, about three month age. The Recorder, upon the' occasion, went in'. robe, different from those which he had been accustomed tq wear under other circumstances, and stated, that be app peared to' certify, ore 'Mawr, the customs' of the city of London,' upon the question whether Sir Francis' Samuel • Drake was, under the circuthstanees represented in the Courtof Aldermen, according to the directions of the Vice Chancellor's Court, a Freeman of London, within the custom which entitled the widow to the customary distribution of the estate of a Freeman dying intestate; r and whether the settlement Made upon her marriage de barred her from Such ctistomary sharo. The certifiCate:was as follows " We, the Lord Mayor ;n al Aldermen of the City of 1,,,ifi100, 'to ceray, that Sir Francis Samuel Drake, Batt. ii, i iatestaie in the plead ings iii thr enufw mew ioni.,l irs tho annexed order, wife, when a Rear-Adoiral of iii Rcil in the Royal Navy, wits, in Consequence of Lord Rodney 's victory in the Won; [tulles, With other facers under Lord Rodney's command, primented with the Frtuqlont of the City of tondan, pot !maid to a vote of a Court of ,Conamon Council cif ilit aicid City of London, which passed:for that 'wpm! on the 20th of June, 1782 ; and who, on, the sth ..day of August, 1784, was made a LiVeryman.of .the COMpinty of Grocers in the said City of London, and sworn' in, and took the several oaths which are required to be taken by all persons who become 'free of the said City, and who was not free of the said City' by birth, or by ervitude, or by purchase, or otherWirie than aforesaid, and died so free as aforeaid, on the 18th day of Novem ber,l7B9, intestate, anti without issue, leaving his widow him surviving; was at ~the time of his death a freeman of the city of London, in the sense, meaning, and opera tmn of the custom of, the said city, relating to the distri bution of the effects of ' freemen -who die intestate ; and we further certify in thornier by the mouth of the Recorder,that there is not ithy custom of the city of Lon dour by v i rtue Vaillieof the Widow baying the benefit and provisions of the aotthe iiient in die pleii.dings in the said cause stated, is defairred front her custornary share of the intestates personal estate" The (Wove of the Vice-Chencellor will consequently be in favour of the claim of Mr. Serjeant Onslow ' the husband of the widow 'oldie intestate. The LeanietLSer jeant will be entitled to that -customary part which will exceed the . distribution under the statute. By having married the widow of a freeman, he gains, it is said, i n this respect, yonsiderable property. The widow of u free- Marl, nseoureo does not lose her claim by her marring. with a non-freeman. It wan to have been hoped that when the sth July had passed over, Our manufacturers, instead of gividg would , have manfully put themselveH up t o - despair, their shoulders to the wheel, in order to counteract the facilities given to foreigners by the newly adopted theaaurea. ft seems to be supposed, however, in some quarters, that they have'given up the cause as hope. less, as large quantities of machinery have been sent to different places, and particularly - to Scotland, within the last Ailei3k. It is a lamentable feet, that want of employment every day becomes more general, and we hear that in one instance where men are now almost fully e mployed, it is the intentio n to p ut them u p on - half titn next week.—Alaccleyicid Herald. FRENCH PAPERS. - -‘. (Frani the Etaile,, dated Monday, July 10.) CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 10.—Hadi and Ibrahim; ffendi, the Commissioners appointed to go to the froii-, tiers, to treat with the Russians; set out yesterday, accom panied by a very numerous suite. The Divan had before succeeded in adopting a very decisive measure relative to the troops to be organized according the 'European sys tem, part of which will be taken from the Janissaries ; a measure which, in the opinion of the Franks," may still give grounds for alarm to Christendom. To gain over tlie :! Janissaries, who have hitherto- manifested: so much iaversion ta-this change, the Sultan, has ordered that the Officers . shall be chosen. from the. Janissaries, :The sol diers are to receive thirty pants per day, bread, meat, and rice, and also two uniforms per annum. These flattering promises' have reduced the Janissaries in silence, and the Mussidmans are so eager that nearly 20,000 Nye already enrolled themselVeS, The Divan had been engaged for . several months in removing the obstacles to this design. It seems that the appearance of the Cap tain Pitch* in the Dardanelles, which. was ascribed ,to a plan for attacking Hydra, was a measure of: precaution, `the object of which was that the Government might dia,va , support at hand in case of an insurrection of the IJanissaries. It is natural that many Franks should fear' lest Russia should take umbrage at the adoption of this plan but it seems that the Porte has been made completely easy on this head by the European 'Ministers, and that it is per- Fsuaded that the Emperor Nicholas is even a greater friend to eace than his predecessor. News has been received, from the Morea, that Ibrahim has advanced to Tripoliixa, he is to wait for Reds chid 'Paclia, in order to begin in conger t their operations la, gainst Napoli di Romania. He is said to have found a t fripolizza; neither 'inhabitants nor Greek army, Since the fall of Missolonghi the 'Greeks negociate with great activity with , Mr. Stratford:Canning and Commodore Hamilton, and seem to haVe placed their last hopes on Englfind. ) letters froM Smyrna say that a report is in circulation that Ibrithitn Paella has sustained a eon , siderable defeat near Tripolizza. The Mainotes, after pretending to make a complete submission, attacked him in the rear. BUCHAREST, JUNE 18.—The Turkish Commissioners whim we have so long expected, and who quitted Con stantinople on the 9th, have not yet 'arrived here. A courier from St. Petersburg has brought word that the Emperor has chosen the little town of Ackerman, on the frontiers, as the place of meeting for the Commissioners of the two empires. Many letters from Constantino le speak of the profound impressiomproduced on the Franks by the resolution of the Divan to organise the Turkish troops on the European system, which they consider as a measure preparatory to a war with Russia. BARCELONA, JULY I.—Mtlr Captain General has just addressed the following official letter to the President of the Royal Board of Trade : " By a communication of the 17th instant, his Excelleriey the Minister of War has informed me that Rear-Admiral Ferdinand Freyre d' Andrade has been appointed Com mander-bi-Chief of all our ships of war cruising from Cape de Gatti: to cape St. Vincent. This general officer will fix. 14s station at Algesiras, whence he ,will direct all the maritime operations according to circumstances, to pursue the privateers of the revolutionists, and all other enemies of the State, of which I acquaint you, Sir, that you may communicate it to the merchants." " Barcelona, June 28, 182 G." The following vessels of the royal navy have lately sailed from the Bay of Cadiz, to cruize on our coasts, and protect our merchantmen against the Columbians and the Algerines Caminandera. Jason brig Frantis,Swilla Jacinto ditto - - - Christopher Ifallen Diligent ditto - - Francis Aguirra Anitaloz schooner - M. lioldun Pauts, JULY 9.—The rersesweaape Owe:En-bout, 011 bOaVtl. of winch Lard CoCIIII - 14 iw gelillg front Landau to Malta and the lonian leltutds, wee obliged to put into 'Deka on the 11th June, because the crew, were disorderly A. letter from Geneva announces that the chateau of COppet, which the Duke de Brogli,was having put in order to receive the ;Duke of Orleans; has ,been destroyed by fire, GENERAL ELECTIOS. INVERNESS, Aux 8. The Right lion. Charles Grant was this day re-elected M. P. for this county, by a majority of 39. The numbers were 49 to:10, so that a complete triumph was gained over- the formidable coalition , which bad been formed against him. All Lord Macdonald's votes, to the number of 17 were rejected, and three of the Laird of Macleod's. Mr. Grant made a moireloquent speech on being no minated. COUNTY GALWAY. Galway, Thursday Evening, July 6. This fine election is over at last--the " glorious struggle' closed at three o'clock this afternobn ; and Mr. Richari Martin is once more ii British Senator ! A more superl triumph for the ,freehowlders of Connemara and Dillyna lfirnif has not °centred " since. the Emerald ffetn of the western world was set in the crown of a stranger !" It is true,:thete have:been sonic. six or seven freehowlders and others killed, either by burningoo stoning, or pistolling; and spine forty or fifty wounded--"part of whom. may yet (lie of their wounds ; but what then ?—" a few forty, shilling freehoWlders, more or less,” as the agents say, " is of no ;orl of consequenc6---they can .be put down in the Gill; and lenty more of them can very easily be made at any time." They are merely " woolleir vassals, things created To buY and. sell with groats 1" On Tuesday the voting was again all in favour of Messrs Daly and Martin,: the old emancipatory members; and not ono - in favour of Mr. Lambert, the emancipatory can didate.- As soon as his Kinumy-tee-men fired their pistols in the streets, in defence of his freehowlders---instesAl of leaving them to fight it out amongst themselves, in the old and most approved way-4rom that moment all his friends deserted him, and drove their flocki of freeholders into Mr. Martin's booths. His very dearest friend, Mr. St, George, who had faithfully premixed 'hint the votes of all his linefreeholders; . one hundred and' fifty in num ber, was so shoeked at the said pistolling, that he handed the entire lot over to Mr. Martin; ,and his professional agents and Counsel, learned in the law, finding him in this awkward predicament, scampered away from hint as fast as they could—just as those shrewd animali, called rat, will scamper away from a lulling Wise. And truly. Mt'. Lambert was rightly served in all this : for what business had his Kottimp•tee-men to prevent the free howhiers killing each other a little ? It is, their anciqnt privilege; and neither Mr. Martin, nor any Of his Kormry. tee interfered with that priYilege—not even when the Connemara and " Clatalgh" freeholders. were buining and braining the Lamberters by, Wholesale. Well, th . e voting on Tuesday went .0 yin favour of Mr. Daly and ".Squarra Martin ; ' and it was curious to see how much practice hall improved the poll-clerks in ,the at of Swearbig in the freeholders—for it is an• art, and a- very great art. At first, when a batch of twenty or thirty was ready to be sworn, " the book" went round 11111011 St them from hand to hand, like a drink of whisky; but now, for despatch sake, the poll-44411c kept the book in his own hand, and passed it along the chins of an entire row in a moment ; and though not one. in a dozen could get a kiss at it as it pa s *efl , yet it seemed to answer the purpose quite as well as the old awl more, tedious method; besides being Much more pleasant for thOse wliose _consciences might be somewhat of the tetederest—sucli as the thumb-kisers, Ste. :Nevertheless, spine of all this Prosp eritY a nd 4 " - terity, there were some few instances of 'stupid refractO riness among the Comiemant freeholders. One instance may serve to exemplify that. 5ame......“ Corney Keough 1" cried a buckish straw-hatted driver, to, a hard sandy-beard ed, curly-pated, ragged freeholder, with a crooked half peeled willow cudgel in his fist, "Corney Keough, I say I —divil fire ye ! come up to the table, Sir,"---" Divil a bit till I get my brikfast out o' ye," replied Corney, very coolly. " D'ye say that ?" responded the flaming driver, taking hold Of Conley s collar,—" d'ye Say that ?—then heartó me, Sir, diVil the breakfast ye'll get at all!" and forthwith, the most magnanimous Carney Keough suffered himaelf to be' steered up to ; the swearing table. ,Whether he. got his breakfast afterwards, I - know not ; but 1 knoW the driver's cudgel was verybusy about the heads of some of them who attempted to get two loaves instead of one. Many an un .conscionable freehowlder having got one loaf tossed to i him out of-the Store; would pull it n:two—put one half in the crown of his hat, 'and the other in his bosom, or. his breeches ; or any where else' conveniiint,' and -then pretend he had not 'got any at all ; *hid' certainly was a very ne farious trick, and whenever it was discovered, it was sure to be punished by at good sound rap on the sconce. The day closed by Mr. M`Dermot, YI Catholic gentleman' of these parts, who . has hitherto acted as Squire Martin's election mouthopieee, making a tine flaming speech to the fi ne . p easan t r y ; after which the fine peasantry got him upon their shoulders, and carried him through the streets —every fine peasant making a noise something like that which Cooky elicits from the cat, when she carelessly treads tipon its tail. On Wednesday, the glorious struggle again went on in favoOr of Squire Martin ; but as there was a great talk about Mr. Lambert,petitioning.Parliament against Scinire Martin's return, .on the ground ofbribery and corruption, and all that sort of thing (Just as if there was an' thing corrupt in a twopenny loaf and a glass of whisky !it was judged expedient to set up another c an did a t e i n the Cllll nemara interest, _for fear the Squir e s h ou ld b e t urne d ou t. rrdlit, vas q i l ly.- , IV Major pt its Ilit r e Ki"ve u i' '- of ( !l o tst kiitttio le t -racic r, , tt 'wtioit any tC i astl- Acoraeck espeechification at all; after which, the Cunnemara voters' all voted for Sqoarradfartin and Major Kirwenlointly ; and every thing went on very quietly and comfortable until the final close of the poll at 3 o'clock this day, when the numbers appeared thus :-.-- Daly . - - - 6,206 Martin . . . - 3,749 • . ' ' Lambert - .. -' 3,635 Kirwen ..„ - - , • 81 And then the Nigh Sheriff proclaimed 'James Daly, Esq., of Donsandleand Colonel Martin, of Ballynahinch' and Cunnemara, duly elected ; and then Colonel Marti* made a speech, in which he vindicated the laws he had introduced for the protection of - the " inferior animals, and promised that hi:future he would devote all his ener gees for the protection and benefit of his " worthy elee-i tors;" and then Mr. Daly returned thanks for the honour done him in particular : and he and Mr. Martin both pro , mised Mr. 111'Dermot, that they would do all they could: to, put dovrn that abominable Act which put . down the Catholic, Association; and there'the matter ended, all the people shouting " Mush.4-grah !..--Long live Squarra, Martin and Misther Dalythe Omura !!" . The chairing is appointed for .to-morroW ; but -as there will be more:broken heads than interest, in the ceremony , I must beg leave to be absent. . , SUMMER A SSIZES. SALISBURY, 'MONDAY, JULY 10. The cause list fOr these assizes is very light; consisting of but 13 in number ; and the calendar of the prisoners, though it contains 63, does not consist of any offence higher in degree than .burglary. Mr. Justice Gaselee .sat on the civil, and Mr. Justice Littledale on the ernwn side. CIVIL SIDE. VINES AND ANOTHER V. THE *mom?) Or WARMINSTER. This was an action by the plaintiffs to recover front the hundred the amount. in value of a mow of wheat, their property, which was maliciously destroyeSNy fire,•by some perhons unknown. The jury, under the direction of the learned Judge, returned a. verdict for the plaintiff—:- Mmnigeo,; .‘, bEVIIa 3.1.101c.e411 ANOTtIVII. This. was en action by nu attorney of this county, to re cover against the defendants, Colonel Ellison and Mr. Gordon, an election bill, .for the plaintiff's services in his professional Character, in the year 1820, on an utumecess fulAttempt made by the ftWo defendants to recommend themselves to the pure and worthy electors of Wootton 'Bassett. The bill consisted of items for polling and can vassing;, the former at the rate of tivegumeas a-day, and the 'latter at three guineas a-day. The jury found a ver diet for the plaintiff, with 144/. damages, the full amount of his claim. V. HARIIII4O 9 KIabLEWHITR, Awn OVUM. This was an action by. a widow woman residing at Woot ton-Bassett, claiming damages for a trespass and alleged illegal expulsion of her from her houSe in that town. Verdict tot the plaintiff, \Vial 101. tlinnogem. CROWN SIDE. 4nn,,DaviB, aged 21, was indicted . for wilful and cor rupt perjury. The alleged perjury was committed in an examination sworn to by the prisoner, in which she charged a respectable gentleman, a Mr. Long, a Magi strate, with being the father of an illegitimate child, of which the priaoner had been delivered. The Jury returned the singular verdict of " Guilty, under Mistake."' This the Learned Judge told them could not. be received; and that - they must .1.0-consider, anil4.eturn a verdict one way .or, the other: The .Jury, therefore, after! some consideration, returned a verdict of Gail* William Simple, aged 19 * was comictAul of a burglary, and of stealing from the house of the prosecutor a blue eoat; and other articles. Judgment of death recorded. CHELMSFORD, Tuscsra,v, JULY 11. The EfiSPC assizes commenced here yesterday ; the Hon. Sir Robert Ghtharn 'Knight, and the lion. tiir George •Sowley 1-lOlroyd, Knight, having 'entered the town about two . o'clock. GRIFFIN v. WILSON. This was au action for the work and labour of the plaintiff's wife, whilst bar-maid. Plaintiff nonsuited. LINCOLN, MONDAY, JULY 10.- John Arniitage and Env& stood indicted, for that they, on the night of the Itith of• June last, feloniously assaulted John Hall, and took from his perion a silver watch, value td. _ _ The prosecution. was conducted by Mr. Clinton ; the prisoners were unassisted by counsel. The prisoners.. were found Guilty, and judgment a death was recorded against them• Yollk, bloprimy, Jut,* 10. • .CIVIL . SIDE. 1401rZL MCIDX Op PROVING A Dart,-.+CMICNCRE. noptiON, This was an actiOWintgooils sold and delivered. The plaintiff, who was a coal-merchant, sought to recover the sum 'of 441. from the defendant, a retail coal-dealei i for coals supplied t o hi m to t h at a mount. The d e f en da nt ' s ad m i ss i on o f t h e debt was t h e , only cur i ous c i rcumstance in th e case , an d tlu .admission wag proved in the foliq w . ing manner:--A balance of accounts was about to be struek,between the parties, when the defendant, who had ; previously paid 21. on accoun t, offered the plaintiff 8. wager of one guinea that 44/, was not then due. Wh en the account was made up, the original debt:appe are d to have been 461.; so th at a f ter d e d uc ting the. W. a sum of 444 still remained. The defendant admitted that he had lost the wager, which he instantly paid. Mr.. Justice Park received this proof of the deb 4 obsery ing that it Was the oddest kind of evidence he had ever known Offered for such n.purp ose * In stem of the causes that were called do during the day, the:counsel stated that they were not ready, as the briefs had but just been delivered. viii - statement eauSed Mr. Justice Park to say, that he trusted if the clients suf fered any injury from this negligence of their littornies, they would bring actions to recover damages for it. At tornies were not to go to elections, and make their clients sutler for their idleness or negligence. At least, he should not be one who would protect attornies in pursuing such a course. CRIMINAL SIDS. Maria Standeven, the wife of John Standeven, a good looking woman, aged 26, was indicted for having, on the sth or April 'last, feloniously taken away from Leeds one daimon Taylor, aged 18 months, the son of Joseph Taylor wool -sorter, of that town. Mr:Hardy stated the case for the prosecution, and called the grandmother of the child, Who proved thai on the day in question the child was under her care, - when the prisoner came up. and made an inquiry of her; she then gave the child into' the care of a boy, and went to point out the place the priioner inquired for she -after wards. went into her own house to wash up some tea things, and was absent about three minutes ; on her return the child was gone; witness caused an immediate pursuit, and the child was recovered. The prisoner, on being called on for' her defence, de nied having taken away the child with any intention of stealing it ; she found it crying, and took it up outof pity. Mr. Baron Hullock told the Jury .they must determine whether, in the absence of the father, and on the evidence of the boy Holdsworth alone, they were 'of opinion that the circumstances which they had now heard were suffi ciently clear to warrant them in finding the prisoner guilty.—The Jury acquitted the prisoner. The ALTERATIONS at CHA,RING CROSS. At a period coeval with, or rather before the erection of its cross, John Mugge, rector of St. Clements, owned all the site of the present, Pall Mall East, and for a consi derable space beyond, northward, which he gave to. St. Giles's Hospital ; and which is described as being then " a garden walled in, situate next les Mwes, aiid contain ing twenty-seven acres." Better than a century later we find this site, and the whole of the ground behind the Mews, changed to a Com mon, and known by the name of " The Down" (Le Doune), as appears by a deed 9 Richard H. In this state it seems to have continued until the reign of Henry VIII., when it is described in the Deed, of :Fax change alluded to between that Monarch and the Abbot of Westminster,. as Charing-cross. Field. ," Two acres of lande in Charinge-crosse Felde, in the parysshe of Seynt Martyn-in-the-Felde." Oncoming to the Crown at the Dissolution, Henry VIII. granted the right of commoning on this land to the parishioners of St. Margaret's and St. Martin's, who held such right until the' commencement of the reign of 'Eliza beth. It is shoWn in the state mentioned quite open, with cattle grazing, a female spreading clothes on it to dry, &c. in the large Plan of. London. by Aggas, first engraved about that period, together with Hedge-lane, a country by-way bounded by hedges (and from which it probably derived its name) ; the Hay-market, more anciently Hay hill, and all the northern part open fields as far as to Hampstead and . Highgate. • It was a few years after that the ground abutting on St. Martin's-lane began to be built 'on. Other parts of the site were covered soon after, and both sides of St. Mar tin's-lane built for . a considerable way northward towards St. Giles's. The'fist houses mentioned had .decayed by. the .year 1701, and it was found necessary to take them doWn. Hemmings-row was at this time so narrow that carriages could not pass, each other, upon which Parliament was ap plied to:for leave to take part of the land granted for wi dening the passage, and for the confirmation of the Free School and Library at its back, which had then recently been founded by Archbishop Tennison. The first traces of the history of St. Martin's Church are to 6e found in a dispute which occurred 'in the year 1222, concerning an exemption claimed by Westminster Abbey from the jurisdiction of the Bishop of London,when it was degree(' that the Abbey and St. Margaret's parish Were exempted, whieli parish of St. Margaret's probably then included the church, chapel, or oratory of St. Martin, built, perhaps, by. the Abbot and Convent for particular religious service, when- they visited their garden, now cor ruptly. called Covent-garden. The old church of St. Martin was in a state of ruin in the reign of Henry VIII, and remained so still James 1., When he rebuilt it. Prince Henry and the nobility added a. church in 1600, but the building and tower, according to Vertue's print of them, were in his time, wretched and ruinous.. Divine- .service was performed. in it,. for the last time, June 11, 1721, when the morning sermon was preach- by the eelebrated.Bishop Gibson. • • The present fabric of St. Martin, so justly admired for its'beauty (arid to the magnificent portico of which a road has just, been opened from Pall Mall East), was began March 19; 1722, when the first stone was laid by the Bishop of Salisbury, the, King's Almoner, on the behalf of his Majesty. ,It cost nearly 37,000/. exclusively of some of its internal decorations. The funds and contri butions for its building were so abundant, that the news papers of the year 1724 mention the refusal of 5004 from a lady, who would have given that sum towards enrich ing the altar-piece. The Prince of Wales, they. observe, intended to give a peal of bells. , It was finished in little better than two years, the last stone of the steeple being placed in Dec. 1724. The architect was James Gibbs, and it is not only the finest of his works, but without doubt the most perfect Grecian church in England, ex cepting St. Paul's, The whole of the ,ground eastward of St. Martini's church, or behind the buildings on the south-side of the Strand from that to Drury-lane end, appears in the begin ning of Elizabeth's reign to have formed gardens to the respective houses.to which it was attached, which reach . •ed as far back ax to the wall of Covent-garden and were divided from each o th er b y h e d ges: The site of ' St. Mar tin's churchyard is also shown in old plans, laid out as garden, but ext en d s f ur th er b ac k northward than the Others, as though occupying apart of the Covent-garden. This circumstance seems to justify the 'conjecture that the church was originally only an oratory for the Abbots of Westminster when visiting the latter, as j'ust observed. Covent-garden itself app ears , i n the same plan, merely a large enclosed field, not confined to its present small limits, but occupying the entire site from the back of the Strand to Long-acre on th e nort h , and from St. Martin ' s-lane to Drury-line on the west and east. The first building on.this site began towards the latter end of the reign of Elizabeth. In a lease from Francis Earl of Bedford,. to John Powell and others, of part of the site of Henrietta -street to build on, it is described as being • then paxt of the said Earl's pasture,' called Covent-garden and Long Acre. Exeter House, to the eastward of Bed ford House `had previous been built by the Lord Trea surer Burlei gh, froM whom it was at first called ,Burleigh House; and from his successor, afterwards created Earl of Exeter, Exeter House. The more we s tern part of the Strand, on this side, some Years after the period alluded to, acquired celebrity from a foundation winch stood- nearly opposite Durham-yard, and which was a ft e rwards known by the name of the New Exchange. Pennant deScribes it as built somewhat on the model of the Royal Exchange,-with cellars beneath, a walk above, and rows of shops over that, filled chiefly wi t h m il. liners, sem pstresses, an such like.' ' It was near this time , that the Strand beginning t o be este e med an elegant situation, all the ground on t hi s, as well us on the Tlutmes Side, came to b e b u i lt on, and . to grow more and more .vuluuble. Henc e B en Jonson, i n d his co medy of Epioene,t or, the Silent Woma n act, i. se. 4,, -i n t r oduces Sir Amorous la P oo l e as commenting Clesi , mont's lodging, by telling hi m i t would be as debt-Ate a l o dging as his-own, if it were but in the Strand. And WilGsoond'abmernZerntleul.lti°Snpeadnishin Ambassador hislifeorJa7l :ll 1 s lof . speaking that eaking were the where most of i p h r e 9ga tr n y e l a h n e d d t , h t e b6 S c trard ov i erit.iarden heitlg. then an enehm. ed field: The whole w a s completely built on in the rei gn of Charles 11, NEXT TUESDAY ALL WILL BE OVER. NEXT TUESDAY SIX THIRTY THOUSANDS. NEXT TUESDAY LOTTERIES END FOR EVER. PRICES OF STOCKS Till Bank Stock 1914% 8 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. ‘4 , 14,44 7 76N04 31 per Cent. 8444 Ditto Red 94% 4 4 per Cent. New .9044 Ditto Scrip U ' 4 dia. Bank Long Ann. IBN 13-16 India Stock I3CIN Ditto Bonds - PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. — Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds .... 48 ex div. Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. .3114 Colombian Bonds .25K Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent. .53% Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 11V4 Guatnnala Mexican Bonds . Ditto, 1825 S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock ......... ..».....-•. Old Annuities New Ditto - . -- Ex. 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Leghorn 4t Genoa 49 Venice 46 Malta Nl ?les 30 Palermo per oz. lli Lisbon 50 Oporto 50 Rio Janeiro 4 1 14 Bahia. 45 4:1 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork iv auta.loar, PIM ox s B. d. Portugal Gold, in coin ..» 0 0 0 1 Foreign Gold, in bars ..... 3 0 17 New 'nbloons New Dollars 0 4 0 , Silver, In bars, standard 01 1 Arrived. Due. 1 Dublin 1 Waterford 0 O Guernsey& Jersey 1 O Lisbon 0 LS. Arrived. Due• o Flanders 0 O Jamaica 0 0 . Leeward Islands o Malta 0 Brasil ...« .....»..» 0 Buenos Ayres O Gottenburgh... 1 1 Hamburgh 1 O Holland 0 O France HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 42 minutes after 7. I Evening 15 minutes after 1 LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1826. We received last night the Paris Papers of Sunday► and the Etoile dated Monday morning. The former are principally filled with discussions respecting the Jesuits, but the latter has some interesting articles Of intelligence. In an article under date of Constantinople, June 10► it is stated that HAM, and IBRAHIM EFFENDI, the commissioners appointed to proceed to the frontiers to treat with the Russians, had set out on the precedlU day, accompanied by a.very numerous suite : but ar► acticle dated Bucharest, June 18, states that thus e Commissioners had not at that time arrived there. The ConstantinOple article speaks of the decisive measures.taken by the Divan for organizing the trot)p ° according to the European system. Part of the corp' to be so formed are to be taken from the Janissaries' and the SULTAN has ordered that all the Office" should be chosen from that class, These and other premises, it is added, have reduced the Janissaries t° silence, and 20,000 Mussulmen are said to We already enrolled themselves. This measure has certainly not the appearance 0 ' peaceful intentions, and we find an opinion expressod in the article from Bucharest, that it is preparatory t° a war with Russia. Extracts from these Papers will be found in another column. It is stated in the Paris Papers of Sunday, that . the Perseverance Steam Vessel in which Lord Cool' 'RAISE is proceeding to Greece, had been obliged to put into Almeira on the 11th of June, on account of the disorderly state of her crew. We have received 1 1 ° information of this circumstance, and the cause gr signed for his Lordship's putting into Almeira, ten' ders, in our opinion, the statement very questionable• Accounts from Stockholm state that:the conflagly tion whi c h de s t ro yed th e flourishing City of Freder ic k ' shall, reduced to ashes the buildings of the Fortresst" of Frederickstein. Those on the lower ramparts e s. caped all injury. The fire had c aug ht the roofs °ill houses, when the intrepidity a nd p resenc e of mind i ) the Commandant saved them from destruction• such a time of danger it was impossible to watch' the prisoners confined in the place. The Command ° . t did not hesitate for a moment. He offered them the liberty on condition that they would lend their mil. ance in extinguishi ng t h e fl ames . Th ey did so " 11 1 . the utmost alacrity, and only two of th e m made t bel escape. The houses were insured for SOO,OOO dolil 9 ' More than 4,000 p ersons are w i t h out p l aces of eh° l ( e ) i and 25,000 barrels of grain have been destroyed. 700 houses only 74 remain uninjured. Canada Papers to the 6th ult. have reached They are very barren of intelligence. The Co 10Pi'll" 1 encouraged by the great rew a rd s offered by this C", W I try for the cultivation of hemp, appear to be Pe e , much attention to this valuable article of pw a li o The weather i s de scr ib e d as h ar i ng b een v ery gt in North America, and no correct estimate cook" the date of these papers, be formed of the bole°. Paper the cou l i V it e o an py at f t r e o i l l n ip t a t I l ; : reliell : se' at a short distance from Toulouse. A single 1/ ..g i armed man attempts to stop and rob a coach and Iw o sengers, Ind they are happily preserved by the fleet" to stop the mail post front Viol, of the horses I Four oth er men are sa id, however, . st have been concealed in a ditch, and the mail to P a rl er on meeting the mail which bad thus 'escaped Ph u ' ' thought it prudent to stop the night at the neighbour' ing town 1 The story reminds us of Major .$ ll l O GEON, who, with his Captain and barbarously ill-treated by a single footpad, in r eturn; Subaltern, ''' l ,,,` 4 following , s , to London, after the fatigues of the march from 'Jr' ford to Ealing.' "PARIS, JULY 9.—th l / 4 thi night. between the lAt ar id it y- a te ld this mouth, about one o'clock in the Moroing, five „well "ttcoorao to stop the mail-post of Paris, at a shoji distance trout r° , i t , 0 at a p l ace c o e d c uortawni . Four of them were concealso 0,4 very deep trencb, and die other in a vineyard, quite clan t° Myr un.